Vacuum cleaner
Aspiradora
- Date
- 1901–1908 · confidence high
- Place
- London, England
- Credited to
- Hubert Cecil Booth (Puffing Billy, London, 1901); James Murray Spangler and William Hoover (portable electric, Canton, Ohio, 1907-1908)
- People
- 👤 Hubert Cecil Booth1871–1955
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Machine that cleans by suction with a pump and filter; the Spangler-Hoover portable domestic version brought it into the home. It changed standards of cleanliness and carpeting.
What it led to
- The electrified home and the 'electric servant'
- Door-to-door selling and appliance marketing
- Wall-to-wall carpets and rugs
Built on
Made possible
- Domestic robot vacuum (Roomba)2002
- Small household appliances